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Xperience

Transforming Students into Changemakers

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$250K – $2M in startup funding
As part of a winning team, you can receive significant investments from the Xponential Fund, ranging from $250,000 to $2 million, to launch your new company.
>1 year of real work experience
Xperience creates immediate career pathways, allowing graduates to join their validated ventures full-time upon graduation.
Expert Mentorship & networking
Receive 12-18 months of invaluable guidance and mentorship from a network of seasoned global CXOs (Xperts), fostering the stability, growth, and early success of your venture.
Founder's Mindset
The program equips you with an entrepreneurial mindset and essential skills through real-world problem-solving and interdisciplinary collaboration, preparing you to tackle complex challenges as a founding team member.
global impact
Contribute to meaningful community and global impact by aligning your solutions with real-world needs, driving scalable positive change.
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Three phases,

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Horizons Challenge

Define the problem.

Students pitch innovative, student-sourced topics during NEXPLORE 2040. Winning topics are selected as the focus for the next phase, the Xperience Competition.

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Xperience Competition

Solve the problem.

Over 15 months, student teams tackle the selected challenge, collaborating to develop and compete with their solutions, competing for the chance to transform their ideas into a venture with up to $2M in investment.

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Founders Forge

Take the problem off the table.

Winning teams launch their ventures with significant backing, receiving up to $2M in funding. Students take on roles as the product team, earning both salaries and equity stakes.

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Take the Leap

Gain hands-on experience, build career-transforming skills, and create meaningful change.

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"Xperience gave me the professional tools and mentorship I needed to turn my idea into something real. It was truly life-changing."

Max M. '28
B.S. Computer Science

"The interdisciplinary collaboration was amazing. I worked with students from fields I’d never even considered, and together we created a viable solution with global potential."

Dustin Henderson, Ph.D.
Chair, Dept. of Education

"This is more than just a competition; it's a testament to what happens when you empower diverse student talent to tackle real-world problems head-on."

Joyce Byers
Professional Mom
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